Two parachute teams from USAF’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape program finished No. 1 and No. 4 in the annual international Leapfest 2007 held recently in Rhode Island. It is the first time an Air Force team has won top honors in the 25-year history of Leapfest, reports SSgt. Connie Bias. The No. 1 team is from the 66th Training Squadron at NAS Pensacola, Fla., and the No. 4 is from the 22nd TS at Fairchild AFB, Wash. Both squadrons are part of the 336th Training Group at Fairchild.
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…